As you read this, CitizenLink is putting a detailed plan into action to rally 1 million voters to the polls.
We’ve identified these voters as strong, pro-family conservatives.
They live in the 8 key states where the battle for the Senate will be
fought the hardest.

I
believe these voters share your values and want to see our nation
return to her godly heritage. They could be enough to tip the balance
in the midterms. But in past elections, these 1 million voters haven’t always shown up on Election Day.

In case you haven’t figured it out yet, you’re sitting on ground zero of the gun rights fight for the 2014 election.

Unfortunately, I come to you with bad news.

The coalition of former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s
billionaire elitists and anti-Second Amendment Rights crusaders are
beating us financially, and in the polls.

Documents obtained by our campaign indicate they’ve raised more than
$2.7 million to fund the ballot initiative fight in Washington State to
further erode our right to keep and bear arms.

Our campaign has raised under $800,000 so far.

We’re losing ground.

But you can solve that by doing just a few small things. Here’s a small
list of important actions we all need to keep repeating through the
election this November.

Tell your friends, family, re-post and re-email

Recruitment is a top priority of any campaign or political movement.
We’re still finding people out there that either don’t know what’s going
on, or don’t know what they can do. Please forward this e-mail to your
friends and family. The more we increase our numbers and awareness, the
better chance we have at winning.

Yes, we’re still finding people that aren’t registered to vote or
haven’t voted for a long time. If you didn’t get a primary ballot in the
mail in the last couple of weeks, you are not registered to vote at
your current address. You can register online now via the Washington Secretary of State website.
It’s too late to vote in the primary if you’re not registered. But if
you register immediately you will be able to vote on the ballot
initiatives this November. Also, make sure your friends and family are
registered to vote as well. It’s our right and a civic duty.

Offer to help with a campaign event or fundraiser

Contact us and let us know if you’ve got access to a unique venue or place we could meet to hold campaign events.

If you’ve already contributed and signed up to volunteer, thank you. Gun
owners statewide and nationwide owe you a debt of gratitude. If
Bloomberg and the rest of the anti-gunners are successful at stopping us
here and rolling back our rights, they’ll do it in other states as
well. As the campaign heats up, we’ll need as much help as we can get!

If you know a group, civic organization, or elected official (current or
former) that hasn’t endorsed Initiative 591 yet, please encourage them
to do so. There is an endorsement form on our website at the bottom of the endorsements page.

Don’t get discouraged

We already know most of the mainstream media outlets won’t be on our
side. That’s a given. Where we can make the most impact is in our own
neighborhoods and community. If you want to distribute campaign
materials, please contact us and we’ll make that happen.

PS: Today is the end of the month deadline to file
financial reports with the Washington Public Disclosure Commission!
Please help show the strength or our campaign with a donation if you’re
able. Donations to ballot initiative campaigns in Washington State are
not capped. So you can donate as much or as many times as you like.

Initiative 591 has been endorsed by: Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Firearm Collectors and
Shooters Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, Gun Owners Action
League of Washington, Hunters Heritage Council, Second Amendment
Sisters, Washington Arms Collectors, Washington Council of Police and
Sheriffs (WACOPS), Washington State Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors
Association (WSLEFIA), Washington State Rifle and Pistol Association

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Dear Larry,
Do you pay someone else for the privilege of having a job?
It seems an absurd question to ask in a supposedly free country, but
the fact is that thousands of Washington workers are forced to make a
choice every day between keeping their jobs and watching as their
paychecks are docked to support candidates and causes with whom they
have a fundamental disagreement.
Todd Hausman is just such a person. As a Washington state teacher, his choices are:

join the teachers' union as a full-fledged member, paying full member dues;

write a slightly smaller check to the union every month as a "representation fee"; or,

go into another line of work.

The Freedom Foundation tells Hausman's story in a compelling new
television ad produced by our communications staff and now airing in the
Bellingham market. You can view the ad for yourself below.

We think Todd Hausman makes a persuasive case about the tyranny of
the union machine that dominates Washington state politics and we're
proud to tell his story. We have to, really, because we're the
organization that will. But we can't do it without your help.
Please take a few moments to watch the ad and decide for yourself
whether exposing the injustice being imposed on public employees like
Hausman, not to mention the damage done to your paycheck as a taxpayer,
are worth exposing and eliminating.
We think you'll agree a donation to the Freedom Foundation is an investment in liberty that pays an incalculable dividends.
Thank you for all you do and all you will continue to do.
For Freedom,
Tom McCabe, CEOFreedom Foundation

*****

Help us SHIFT WA back from the left.

Crazy
liberals too often get away with putting their own agenda ahead of the
citizens
they represent. The rhetoric coming from liberal candidates for the
Washington State Legislature this year shows they are doubling down on their
job-killing agenda.

How would you like to pay
the price of a statewide $15 minimum wage, a $1.17 gas tax increase and an income tax? That's what we will all be doing if
the liberals get their way.

SHIFT has made it our mission to expose the litany of assaults on
Washingtonians that are outlined in the Washington State Democratic
Party’s 2014 platform—the most jarring of them being the State Democrats
relentless push toward a state income tax.

Despite the fact that a state
income tax has been rejected by over 60% of the voters multiple times,
Democratic candidates from all over Washington are running
with the promise to draft the historically unpopular tax — voters be damned.

- Josh, Matthew, Alyssa and the rest of the SHIFT WA team

Monday, July 28, 2014

Current HeadlinesTop Stories• Attorney General to Investigate Planned Parenthood Teaching Teen Girl S&M Sex • Obama Nominates “Religious Freedom” Ambassador Who Called Protecting Hobby Lobby “Deeply Troubling” • If You’ve Had an Abortion, You’re Forgiven. Trust Me, I Was Almost Aborted• Newborn Comes Back to Life After Doctors Pronounced Him Dead More Pro-Life News• They Rejected Abortion When Told Their Baby Had a Major Medical Issue, Now Here He Is• Planned Parenthood Prez Compares Protesting Abortion to Protesting Men’s Colonoscopies• The Day My Mom Told My Siblings and Me She Had an Abortion• Abortion Clinic in Kansas Shuts Down for Good After Routinely Violating State Law • Congressman: It’s “Criminal” That Planned Parenthood Has Abortion Quotas • Incredible 8-Year-Old Boy Helps His Disabled Little Brother Complete a Triathlon • Teacher Sentenced to Prison for Having Students Bring Semen-Stained Tissues to Class for Art Project• European Leader Suggests Euthanizing the Poor Instead of Providing Medical Care• “Death Coaching:” Another Horrendous Story of Assisted Suicide as Man’s Body Found in City Park • Liberals Would Force Hobby Lobby to Cover Abortion Drugs, is Forcing Doctors to Do Abortions Next? • National Pro-Life Group Backs Pro-Life Tom Cotton Over Pro-Abortion Mark Pryor in Arkansas • Planned Parenthood, ACLU Bankroll Effort to Stop Pro-Life Amendment 1 in Tennessee

Thanks to our
friends at WSDOT, traffic in Seattle came to a grinding halt while they
narrowed
I-90 to one lane. Naturally, they refused to reduce tolls on SR-520 to
encourage some drivers to reroute. Check out some of the scenarios that could have
alleviated the gridlock without causing the state to fail to cover their weekly debt payment for the 520 expansion.

To make matters worse, in the middle of the week President Obama decided to make an afternoon "ATM stop"
with events in Seattle AND Medina. He was on the ground for just a few
hours, but was able to further snarl traffic with an afternoon closure
of 520
so he could get between events. He was raising money for the Democratic
National Committee (DNC) and the Senate Majority PAC, one super-PAC that
President Obama is apparently okay with.

One can only presume
Air Force One flew over the massive wildfire raging in Central
Washington.
After it landed, President Obama took Governor Inslee in his motorcade
to the fundraisers, where Inslee was able to convince Obama to push his extreme climate change message.
Obama claimed that
the fires were caused by drought and precipitation patterns that
resulted from climate change. No doubt, this fear-mongering was to
appease California billionaire Tom Steyer, a mega-donor who
has put millions into Washington state elections and will possibly do it again.

We found it
particularly unnerving that Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) named
Goodman one of
their "Legislative Champions" despite the allegations of impaired
driving.

One lesson is this:
If you're going to look at porn on your government computer, drive your
kids
stoned and refuse to pay child support... perhaps you shouldn't be in a
position writing our laws. We'll leave that up to the good voters of the
45th
District to decide.

We covered a lot
more stories this week and you can read some of the more popular stories
from
last week below.

Seattle's socialist city
councilmember Kshama Sawant failed to win the support of the King County
Labor Council
(KCLC) for her employee head and parking tax proposal. Sawant-along with
colleague Nick Licata-sought to implement an employee head tax of up to
$18
per year and increase the existing 12.5 percent parking tax rise to 17.5
percent in replacement of a sales tax hike provision in Mayor Ed
Murray's
latest funding package for Metro service in Seattle. [read more]

Washington state grain
inspectors face threats of death - according to the head
of the State Department of Agriculture - if they dare cross the
International Longshore and Warehouse Union's picket lines at the Port
of Vancouver.
Unfortunately for these state employees, and an important Washington
State industry, Jay Inslee is choosing to side with the union against
our
economy. [read more]

Washington State voters defeated
I-1098-a state-wide initiative that would have
implemented a state income tax- in 2010 by a 28% margin. Unfortunately,
as SHIFT reported in the past, 64% of Washingtonians voting against a
state
income tax is not enough to fend off Democrats. In its latest party
platform, the Washington State Democratic Party described a state income
tax as a
"guiding principle," a goal for the future of Washington State. [read more]

The Centralia School District (CSD)
recently agreed to pay the Washington Health Care Authority a
settlement sum
totaling $372,000. Why is CSD forking over the six figure settlement?
Because the district fraudulently managed Medicaid Administrative Match,
a state
program that "reimburses schools for time spent for referring eligible
students and their families to Medicaid." [read more]

The Lord's Baptist Church

11102 Yakima Avenue South

Tacoma, WA. 98444

God has blessed us over the years since TLBC was organized. We organized five churches directly through this local church. We presently have a full time Missionary working under the authority of TLBC in Ireland. Come worship with us as we renew our strength in the Lord and PRAY for us if you can not join in and meet with us locally.

Pastor: Larry J. Killion

For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Yep. Think about what you are saying Patty. Think. Since it is NOT the Boss's business, why in the world would you want to mandate that the Boss's MUST pay for contraceptives on demand in addition to abortion on demand???

Patty, don't you understand that the SCOTUS decision on the "Hobby Lobby" case was NOT about individual women's rights but about American Religious Liberty in general? There is no need for the governmental central powers to insure contraceptive coverage to anyone. For crying out loud, Patty. Get a grip! Contraceptives are freely available on almost every other corner on the main streets of our towns and cities. Why in the world are you throwing such a hiss-fit on this thing? YOU are going to ensure that women have the ability to make their decisions about their own health care? GREAT! REPEAL the Affordable Care act (so-called) for starters. It is not affordable for our Nation and in many cases it does NOT give the care many of us already had at a better price. GET OUT OF HERE. Please!

Central American President blames U.S. policy for border surge, but politicians in Washington ignore.

It's
amazing how leaders from other countries can clearly identify the cause
for the ongoing border crisis, but most of ours here in Washington
haven't a clue. In an interview with Time on Wednesday, and then again in a press conference on Thursday, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez
blamed the lack of clarity in U.S. immigration policy as the true cause
for enticing hundreds of thousands of Central Americans to cross the
U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

In
response to his statement, you can expect the pro-amnesty champions --
Pres. Obama, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and the like -- to race to the nearest
microphone in their call for "comprehensive immigration reform", but in
reality, U.S. immigration law is pretty clear:

Any alien who enters or attempts to enter the United States without inspection shall be put into removal proceedings.
But in 2011, the Obama Administration issued a set of memos, the
"Morton Memos", that deferred any action against many classes of illegal
aliens, and in 2012, his DACA directive granted work permits to younger
illegal aliens.

And just this week, it was reported that 18 of 20 newly-arrived illegal aliens failed to show up for their immigration court hearing in Dallas. Again, U.S. law requires the aliens to be ordered removed if they fail to show for a hearing, but instead, Judge Michael Baird, who replaced a tougher judge earlier this year, granted new hearings for all 18.

The
law is clear, but few in Washington acknowledge it or want to
acknowledge it. Instead, the House working group formed by Speaker John
Boehner (R-Ohio) focused their recommendations
this week on a 2008 law that deals solely with the processing of
Unaccompanied Alien Children. We agree that the 2008 law needs to be
changed, but it only addresses a fraction of the problem. According to
the New York Times,
only 1 in every 5 illegal border crossers this year is a UAC -- and it
may be even less since the definition for UACs is being incorrectly
applied by the Administration.

More
than a dozen lawmakers in Washington, including the duo from Texas
(Sen. John Cornyn & Rep. Henry Cuellar), have offered their own
rewrites to the 2008 law. But only Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep.
Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and a handful of cosponsors, have
legislation that gets to the root of the problem -- the Obama
Administration's granting of amnesty to large classes of illegal aliens.
The Cruz/Blackburn bills would end Pres. Obama's 2012 executive
amnesties and prevent future ones from taking effect. Don't forget that
Pres. Obama has already promised to expand his 2012 directives to cover
5-6 million illegal aliens later this year.

Even
Gang of Eight member, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), has came around after
meeting with officials from Honduras and El Salvador.

Because the recent wave from Central America spiked after DACA was announced, it is in our interest to wind down this program.

-- Sen. Rubio on Thursday

Has
Speaker Boehner come around? Based on reports of today's morning
meeting, he's more focused on the recommendations set forth by the House
working group and less on confronting Pres. Obama and his unwillingness
to enforce immigration laws.

Your
efforts in this fight continue to be amazing and have had an effect in
moving the dialogue in Washington! Our focus this week was much more on
phone calls since the situation is more urgent. Congress is scheduled to
break at the end of next week for its month-long August recess, and
Speaker Boehner will likely want to pass something before the break.

Please
call your three Members of Congress and urge them to oppose any border
plan that doesn't include a provision to end Pres. Obama's executive
amnesties. We're also posting new faxes to your Action Board as we learn about new bills and cosponsorships, so continue to check your Board on a regular basis for any actions.

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Distinctive Doctrine

Distinctive Doctrine is my fourth book to be published as a self-published print on demand edition. It deals with a topic that is a passion of mine. After salvation in Christ, the next important thing in a believer's life should be finding a true New Testament local congregation in which to serve the Lord. How do you know which one is the right one? It is simple. Take a look at the doctrine and practice of the churches of the New Testament and look for one that has the same landmarks. Having been a Pastor of a fundamental sovereign grace independent landmark Baptist Church for over 35 years, naturally I write from that position. I hope many readers take many blessings from the reading of this latest effort.

The Obedience of a Christian Man

Most folks know of William Tyndale as the man who translated the first English Bible, which - with certain royal guidelines, was used to transcribe the 1611 edition authorized by King James. The “Obedience of a Christian Man” was a primer on Christian living that was used to spark what is called the English Reformation. It is a practical book on how we are to live as believers. Children are to obey their parents, servants are to obey their masters and husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved His Congregation. The wife is to be in subjection to her own husband as the Congregation is to Christ, and the King is to rule in God’s stead over the realm according to the Law of God, not after his own imagination. Tyndale wrote in the days when the “divine right of the King” was the mindset. The idea of Natural Law (which agrees with scripture) is the best rule for the commonwealth of society was only beginning to develop. In America, since 1776, the so-called “divine right of the King” belongs to WE THE PEOPLE. Tyndale taught that if the secular rulers command us to do evil, we are to disobey saying we are commanded otherwise of God. He also exposed the hypocrisy and wickedness of the powerful religious institution in control at that time and how the leaders of that hierarchy set aside the holy scripture for their lies and man made traditions.

One Vote

I have liked Dr. Ben Carson from the very first time I heard him speak at the Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. When he criticized the "Affordable Care Act" with Mr. Obama sitting only a few seats away from him, I thought to myself, this Dr. is a true patriot. The more I heard of him the more I liked him. When Americans all across the country started "clamoring" RUN BEN RUN, I joined in with them. His autobiography GIFTED HANDS is a must read (you should at least rent the movie). ONE VOTE is a very practical book with a lot of info in it. You can get a free copy of it in the form of an e-book. I was thrilled to hear the Dr. announce his candidacy in the 2016 race for the White House. If he only gets 17% of the "black vote" he cannot lose. He is my choice and he has my ONE VOTE.

Gifted Hands

This book is the Ben Carson Story, an autobiography. I first learned about Dr. Carson after hearing his remarks at a national prayer breakfast in Washington D.C. in which he warned about the dangers and complications that would come from the passing of the Affordable Care Act commonly called Obama Care. For a while after that prayer breakfast speech Dr. Carson attracted a lot of media attention for his bold remarks in the presence of President Obama. The more questions he answered in interviews the more conservative patriots in America liked what they heard and many asked the question, would you consider running for President in 2016? Dr. Carson responded that he had no desire to do that but if there was a clamoring by the voters for him to do it; he would have to consider it. Soon there was a movement called “Run Ben Run” to show the good Doctor there was indeed a clamoring for him to run. This book also is a movie and is available on DVD. The book however goes into much more detail about events in Ben’s life. Ben was raised in poverty. His mother, a single parent in Detroit, Michigan having only a 3rd grade education, brought him and his brother Curtis up to be an outstanding Engineer and a world renowned Pediatric Neurosurgeon. Dr. Carson is most well known for putting a surgical team together from Johns Hopkins Hospital to successfully separate Patrick and Benjamin Binder, Siamese twins joined at the head in 1987. The book tells of several other surgeries and because they all deal with children in hopeless condition, it is quite an emotional read. After reading Gifted Hands, I am convinced that Dr. Carson is what we need in the White House, to turn America back onto the right path again. When I say that, the first objection usually offered is, “He has no political experience.” My answer to that is, “That is precisely why I like him. It is the professional politicians that have gotten us into the mess we are in today and someone like Ben Carson would be a breath of fresh air.” The bean counters in the “Run Ben Run” campaign have crunched the numbers and determined that if Ben runs for President in 2016 and only gets 17% of the “black vote” he cannot lose.

Life of Washington

Here is 295 pages, including appendixes, of historic biography that is not butchered by modern day secular revisionists. It was originally published in 1842 by the American Sunday School Union and is filled with quotes directly from the very journals of Washington and anecdotes given by eyewitness accounts of events in the life of the father of our nation. If there is one book that gives a true and honest account of the life of Washington, this is it. This volume has tenderness about it even though it is set in very troublesome times. There is often insight as to how the patriotic women of the revolutionary days helped behind the scenes and the relationship between Washington and his revered mother is an aspect of the story that is thoughtfully penned. The story of the treason of Benedict Arnold showed in particular how the providence of God prevented that chapter from being much more harmful to the Colonists than it was at the time. The modern political correct crowd will literally freak out when they read how easy it is to write the truth about the Christian influence in the lives of American founding fathers like General George Washington.

I have the hard copy of Grudem's book discussed here. It is available now in electronic format. Heard about it at a local non-partisan political activist meetup group I've been involved with. Bought it on the cheap through Alibris. Took it with me to a conference on "Understanding the Times" back in May of 2011 sponsored by Family Research Council and Watchmen on the Wall. Grudem was one of the speakers. Got him to sign my copy. :) I think it is well outlined and a great reference. I think the first chapter is worth the Kindle $4.99 price. It comes from a biblical world view and is therefore more conservative than liberal on several points. The only negative reviews I've seen are from obvious leftists who scoffed at the biblical references and call it a mere Republican 101 Primer. ”

American Politics

I met the author at a local non-partisan politically active meet-up group. We had a lot in common and when I heard he had written this book I grabbed it. Roy is an active duty Army Chaplain and worked on this book while deployed in Afghanistan. The book begins with some dated references to the Presidential campaign of 2012 but has some valid points that lead to the conclusion. Many American conservatives find it incredible that at this late date our country seems blind to the move toward a totalitarian form of government in what was the land of the free. Using scripture and un-rewritten U.S. history, Roy makes the case that God is not a Socialist and approves of a republican form of government. He shows how our founding fathers were God-fearing men who saw the providence of God at work in the establishment of America. The last chapters reveal a domino affect leading to a “last resort” which we are rapidly approaching. This is a passionate and patriotic call to action. When he signed my book, Roy said, “Our freedom wasn’t free. We can either vote or fight to keep it. I’d rather vote.”

If It Is'nt Close, They Can't Cheat.

“First of all, this book is dated because it was written in the heat of the 2004 United States Election. But it has some very good information in it, none the less. You should read it for the sake of knowing the basics of modern day politics in America. The basic difference between a D and a R is this: one will get us killed and the other wants to kill those that are trying to kill us. The Culture of Corruption is blatant in D.C. but it is particularly championed by the party thatproclaimed in 2000 that they will do ANYTHING to win. The people have an uphill battle keeping good officials in office when our elections are unfairly tallied due to rigged ballot boxes and intimidation at the poles by leftist thugs, big labor, Community activist organizations, misleading left of center main stream media polls and the likes. Look where the six main political persuasions fall in the two main parties: three in one and three in the other. See them lined up side by side to get the big picture of modern politics.”

BIAS by Bernard Goldberg

Bernie states the obvious in this book. The book is ten years old and although the truth of it is generally seen in all quarters, even today it is still ignored or denied by Bernie’s old friends in the main stream media. Goldberg himself confesses that he has been a lifetime voter on the left side of the ticket. As a journalist however, he is willing to speak out regarding the fact that a liberal bias is the mindset of most of our media elite. He tried many times to show the need for a less slanted view of the news from within the machinery of CBS but finally resorted to writing and editorial article on the subject in the Wall Street Journal. His career at CBS was doomed. They blackballed him right away. Then dabbled with him for a while and finally let him retire with his pension. I highly recommend this book not because of the obvious truth of it but that we may better understand why the elite of the media continue as they do. They honestly do not think that they are leftists. To understand that statement, you must read the explanation in the words of a career liberal journalist who only wants people to face the facts.

Common Sense, The Rights of Man

Common Sense, Rights of Man. and other essential writings of Thomas Paine.Signet Classics 200th Anniversary Edition.

378 pages of very enlightened and inspiring words. Paine was friends with Ben Franklin and other great men of that era. Even Edmond Burke in England was a friend of Paine until 1790 and their debate on the French Revolution. Common Sense was originally published in pamphlet form and was used greatly to inspire the American Colonialists to sever ties with England. The Crisis begins with the famous quote, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” It was read by George Washington, and the American soldiers, by order of the General, to help bolster moral in some of the dark days of the revolution. The Rights of Man was the lengthiest piece in the book and was a defense of the French Revolution against remarks made by Edmund Burke in England. The Age of Reason was the most discouraging piece in the book for me as Paine acclaims his deism, and although raised as a Quaker, his skepticism becomes overbearing.

The Anti-Federalist Papers

Here is 406 pages about some of the most important events in the history of America. The decade of 1770 – 1780 was a crucial time. After the Revolutionary War and the break from Briton, most modern Americans do not realize how much thought, discussion and debate occurred in the establishment of the founding documents of the Constitution. After the Declaration of Independence and the Colonial Rebellion, a Constitutional Convention was held by our founding fathers to draft the founding documents of our nation in 1787. Until that time, our national politics was based on the Articles of Confederation 1777. A copy of this document is in the appendix of this book. The draft of the Constitution that came out of the convention was the result of great debate and that was only the beginning. Some of our founders saw the need for a stronger central government. They were called Federalists. Their arguments in favor of the immediate ratification of the draft presented by the Constitutional Convention are found in The Federalist Papers. These are articles written and published in newspapers and sometimes in pamphlets for the citizens to read. Not having radio & television this is how we learned about the political issues in those days. In answer to the Federalist articles, there were the Anti-Federalists who also wrote responses called the Anti-Federalist Papers against the immediate ratification of the Constitution voicing concern of the loss of liberty to a government that might turn into what we fought to free ourselves from in the revolution. Federalists like Alexander Hamilton wrote articles under the pen name Publius and Anti-Federalists like Patrick Henry wrote under other names like Brutus. Although the Anti-Federalists lost the debate, we have them to thank for the Bill of Rights being added as amendments our Constitution.

Original Intent

This is a very important book for people of faith to read regarding what has happened to the religious climate of public modern America. Unbelieving haters of biblical standards have taken over America from within. By rewriting and or ignoring the original intent of the authors of the founding documents of America, a so-called politically correct movement has corrupted the American way by usurping every branch of our government and is turning our constitutional republic of free citizens into a socialist democracy that is subservient to the elitists of globalism. Learn about the misleading metaphor used in this arena and read the actual quotes of the founding fathers in contrast to what modern politicians, activists and justices say about Christianity in the public square.

Backfired

This is a great book for showing how the doctrine and practice of “Tolerance” began in the Colonies of what became the United States of America. In modern thought, tolerance is putting up with somebody or something that is irritating or unpleasant to you. However, as surely as historical revisionists have rewritten American History, the original definition of tolerance has changed too. Webster’s 1828 Dictionary of The English Language defined it as – Allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a State when they are different from those of the established church… For example, the Protestant religion might be tolerated in France and the Roman Catholic religion might be tolerated in England. Tolerance did not begin in Saudi Arabia where it still means the death penalty if someone converts from Islam to another religion. Nor did it come out of Communist China or the former atheistic Soviet Union where those who believed differently than the State had to meet in underground groups or be killed or imprisoned. It did not come from Medieval Europe, the Middle East, Africa or the Far East. Tolerance is an American Judeo-Christian contribution to the world. The reason the old definition of tolerance is important is because in the 15-1700’s, what ever the King believed the kingdom had to practice or be persecuted or flee. Many of those who fled came to North America where the concept of toleration began to grow. The first Colonists were Separatists and Puritans from England who did not immediately start to offer toleration to others mainly because they still feared that if others gained power it would rekindle the persecution from which they had fled. More and more pilgrims began to flee the religious persecution of Europe and slowly but surely the Colonists began to realize that if they expected others to tolerate them then they must also tolerate others. The book shows a list of where different denominations had settlements in the Colonies of the 1600’s. In early America, the Puritans began to tolerate other Protestants and Separatists, then Catholics, then any who professed Christianity, then Jews, and in time, all Monotheists, then polytheists and other non-Christian religions, and eventually anti-religionists and atheists. This, of course, all took time but here is the rub. Our tolerance has evolved to where the modern “Politically Correct” crowd has taken control of our government and reversed the role of tolerance. We are at the place now where God, the Bible and Christianity are banned from the public square in America, especially in our public schools. Even worse, people of faith are being forced to legitimatize acts like abortion and immoral lifestyles that are offensive to their conscience or else be branded as “intolerant” and suffer penalty under new laws that pervert the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As the early Pilgrims feared, the government has once again become tyrannical, this time, not by the so-called divine right of the King but in the name of pseudo tolerance. Those who brought tolerance to the world are no longer tolerated. Where did we go wrong? How did this all BACK FIRE on the people of God and the Bible? Those that attack the Bible, public prayer and the display of religious symbols say they are doing it in the name of tolerance but the real question is – Are they not the ones that are being intolerant? Tolerance does not come by lowering our standards or forcing people to approve what is wrong in their heart.

Holy Bible KJV

I've been reading this book yearly for many years and I NEVER get tired of it. I believe it is the inspired word of God. God is real and God has spoken. God does not LIE. God has revealed to us His will in the 66 books of the Bible. All other books, people, lives and things must be judged on the basis of what is said in THIS one book. LJK

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Killion is an Irish name that means grandson of war but I am a lover. Dad was a career soldier. I was born at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma but grew up all over the place. Saved 1958. Married 1965. Surrendered to preach 1974. Bi-vocational preacher recently retired from secular job with Transit agency in Tacoma, Washington. Pastor of The Lords Baptist Church. Two daughters. Four grandchildren. One Great-grandson. Author.